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dishrag en · NOUN

Pronunciation

Etymology

From dish + rag.

Meanings

  1. Synonym of dishcloth (but now widely held to connote a threadbare and unclean nature versus that synonym).
  2. (slang) An unclean person; used in similes.
    • You're not going out like that! You look like a dishrag!

Forms

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dishrags Number=Plur lexicographic

Deriveds

limber as a dishrag

Relateds

dishpan

Synonyms

dishcloth

Translations (12)

pl brudas (unclean person) · sv trashank (unclean person) · de Spüllappen (piece of cloth) · pl ścierka kuchenna (piece of cloth) · pl brudaska (unclean person) · fi tiskirätti (piece of cloth) · nv łeetsʼaaʼ béljołí (piece of cloth) · ca baieta (piece of cloth) · pl kocmołuch (unclean person) · pl ręcznik kuchenny (piece of cloth) · sv disktrasa (piece of cloth) · pl ścierka do naczyń (piece of cloth)